[Dovecot] Root folder path problem

[Jeff Grossman]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:11:23 -0700 Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote

> on 7-12-2008 1:17 PM Yavuz Maslak spake the following:
> > As I said previous my mail, if I don't set any value in "Root folder path"
> > option, my sent mails are stored in main "sent items" of Outlook Express.
> > These mails aren't stored "sent items" of imap section.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 22:18 +0300, Yavuz Maslak wrote:
> >> I use dovecot1.x. for imap on qmail.
> >> I also use OExpress to receive my mails.
> >> My sent mails is stored in main "sent items" of Outlook Express.
> >
> > OK.
> >
> >> Therefore I set "INBOX" in "Root folder path" option.
> >
> > Why? My guess is that it doesn't work because you set this.
> >
> >
> I don't think Outlook or OE has the capability to store its "work folders"
> out
> of its local mailroot. AFAIR you have to write message rules to move it.

OE does.  In the server configuration options you can select to save Drafts,
Sent Items, and Deleted Items on the server.  It then lets you select which
folders for each of those settings.

Jeff